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More Seniors Are Using Legal Marijuana. What to Know About the Benefits and Risks.

A growing number of American seniors are adding a tinge of green to their golden years as more states legalize marijuana for medical or recreational use—and as cannabis companies conduct outreach to senior communities to educate prospective patients and caregivers…

Seniors are using marijuana more than ever before

Marvin Yeoman, 74, had tried cannabis as a young adult, but for his wife, it was new. “I never, never, ever even thought about marijuana when I was growing up — never in college, as a young adult or as…

More and more older adults are using marijuana

More and more older adults are using some form of marijuana, according to new survey data, and their doctors aren’t prepared to talk with them about it. The percentage of adults over the age of 65 who said they’d used…

Older Americans Are Flocking to Medical Marijuana

Shari Horne broke her toes a decade ago, and after surgery, “I have plates and pins and screws in my feet, and they get achy at times,” she said. So Ms. Horne, 66, applies a salve containing cannabidiol, derived from the…

Ticket To Ride: Pot Sellers Put Seniors On The Canna-Bus

September 17, 2018
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Shirley Avedon, 90, had never been a cannabis user. But carpal tunnel syndrome that sends shooting pains into both of her hands and an aversion to conventional steroid and surgical treatments is prompting her to consider some new options. "It's…